Rogelio Domínguez Explained

Rogelio Domínguez
Fullname:Rogelio Antonio Domínguez López
Height:1.83 m
Birth Date:1931 3, df=y
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1946–1948
Youthclubs1:River Plate
Years1:1948–1956
Years2:1957–1962
Years3:1962–1963
Years4:1964–1965
Years5:1966
Years6:1966–1968
Years7:1968–1971
Clubs1:Racing Club
Clubs2:Real Madrid
Clubs3:River Plate
Clubs4:Vélez Sarsfield
Clubs5:CA Cerro
Clubs6:Nacional
Clubs7:Flamengo
Caps1:121
Caps2:51
Caps3:12
Caps4:33
Caps7:41
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals7:0
Nationalyears1:1951–1963
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalcaps1:58
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1971
Manageryears2:1973–1975
Manageryears3:1977
Manageryears4:1982
Manageryears5:1986
Managerclubs1:San Lorenzo
Managerclubs2:Boca Juniors
Managerclubs3:San Lorenzo
Managerclubs4:Racing Club
Managerclubs5:Racing Club

Rogelio Antonio Domínguez López (9 March 1931 – 23 July 2004) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories in 1959 and 1960. He was in Argentina's squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

Biography

Domínguez was discovered during a match by the cofounder of the famous Club River Plate, Carlos Peucelle, who persuaded Dominguez to begin to train at River Plate in March 1946. He was seventeen years old when he was discovered by delegates of the Racing Club of Avellaneda and he was signed immediately.

In 1957 Domínguez signed for Real Madrid in Spain. After several successful seasons with the club, he returned to South America where he played for River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield in Argentina, and then CA Cerro, Nacional in Uruguay and Flamengo in Brazil.

International career

In 1951 he won the Panamerican Championship playing for the Argentina national football team; to which he'd belonged for 12 years, from 1951 to 1963. He was chosen Best America's Goalkeeper for two consecutive seasons, in 1956 and 1957 and was part of the triumphant team that claimed the 1957 Copa América title.

After playing

After 23 years at the top of worldwide football he quit playing at the age of 40 in 1971 and become manager of San Lorenzo, Argentine National Sub-champion in 1971, Chacarita Juniors (1972), Boca Juniors (1973–1975) and many other clubs including Gimnasia de La Plata, Club Atlético Tucumán, Loma Negra, Quilmes and Racing Club.

Domínguez died of a heart attack on 23 July 2004 in the Hospital Penna of the Flores district of Buenos Aires.

Honors

Racing

1951

Real Madrid

1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62

1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60

1960

Argentina

1951

1957

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